PROSPECTIVE QPR owner Tony Fernandes will spend a ‘pivotal’ day trying to persuade the Mittals to sell their 33 percent stake to him.

The Air Asia mogul has changed his mind about buying a piece of the Premiership new boys – and now wants the lot.

Fernandes has already thrashed out a deal to take the 67 percent shares owned by Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone – but the remainder, owned by billionaire Lakshmi Mittal and orchestrated by son-in-law Amit Bhatia, is the sticking point.

Bhatia, who quit the board in May as vice-chair after falling out with Briatore, is thought to want a way back in if Briatore goes.

An insider said: “Today is pivotal. If the Mittal stake is for sale, it might cost a bit more than Fernandes is willing to pay, and he really does want total control now.”